Michael Rosser
Michael Rosser is International News Editor at Screen International, with a focus on coverage of Asia, and works closely with Screen’s network of correspondents on news, features and analysis. He also supports the London-based team, on festival dailies in particular.
Rosser first joined Screen in 2012 as news editor, overseeing Screendaily.com and working across market dailies at Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Filmart in Hong Kong. After a three-year stint as an entertainment editor at IMDb, he returned to Screendaily’s online news team in 2019 before taking up his current role in 2022.
A journalism graduate, Rosser started his career in regional newspapers before moving into trade magazines including Precision Marketing, Broadcast, C21Media and Television Business International.
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Cannes title ‘Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In’ secures UK-Ireland distribution (exclusive)
Soi Cheang’s period action drama will receive its international premiere in the Midnight strand of Cannes.
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Korea’s Plus M to launch ‘Pavane: For A Dead Princess’, ‘Night Fever’ at Cannes market (exclusive)
The upcoming features star Ko A-sung of ‘Because I Hate Korea’ and Woo Do-hwan of Netflix series ‘Bloodhounds’.
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Gkids, Anime Ltd. acquire Naoko Yamada’s ‘The Colors Within’, Charades boards sales
Anticipated anime feature is from ‘Your Name’ producer Genki Kawamura.
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‘Goodbye Julia’, ‘Four Daughters’ lead nominations in Critics Awards for Arab Films
Further titles with multiple nominations include ‘Inshallah A Boy’ and ‘Hajjan’.
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Australian wartime drama ‘The Guns Of Muschu’ unveils cast
Directed by Matthew Holmes, the feature is set to begin shooting in 2025.
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Lou Ye’s Cannes title ‘An Unfinished Film’ heads to Coproduction Office, lands first sales (exclusive)
The film will play in the Special Screenings section of the festival.
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Studio Ghibli first ever group to receive honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes
The acclaimed Japanese animation house is behind ‘Spirited Away’, ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and Oscar-winner ‘The Boy And The Heron’.
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“New voices are being heard”: the Asia and MENA films heading to Cannes
Titles include the first film from Saudi Arabia in Official Selection.
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Cronenberg, Lanthimos and Sorrentino among auteurs in Cannes Competition
Further filmmakers in the line-up include Andrea Arnold and Paul Schrader.
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Imax unveils expansion plans with cinema chains in China and Thailand
The large-screen format organisation has closed deals with Bona Film Group and Major Cineplex.
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‘Snow In Midsummer’, ‘Sons’ win top Hong Kong Firebird Awards
‘Carefree Days’ and ‘Who Do I Belong To’ among winners.
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Korea’s Jeonju film festival 2024 lineup includes Sewol ferry disaster screenings
The international competition is dominated by debut features.
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Front Row planning feature, series around Lebanese bank robber Sally Hafez
Front Row Productions is also exploring a documentary and podcast series.
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South Korea’s ‘Exhuma’ continues box office streak and breaks records in Indonesia, Vietnam
The supernatural drama has led the South Korea box office for six consecutive weeks.
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Busan postpones festival director appointment, names Pak Dosin deputy director
The 29th edition of the festival to be held under the leadership of recently appointed chairperson Park Kwang-su.
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Udine’s Far East Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up, Zhang Yimou to be honoured
The festival will open with Chinese box office hit ‘YOLO’ and South Korean action comedy ‘Citizen Of A Kind’.
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‘Exhuma’ tops landmark 10 million admissions in South Korea
The supernatural thriller led the local box office for a fifth consecutive weekend.
- Features
Video: mm2’s founder on Asia’s box office challenges
mm2 Asia’s founder and executive chairman Melvin Ang talks to Screen International at Filmart 2024.
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Video: iQiyi’s Kelvin Yau reveals how the Chinese streamer is using AI on productions
iQiyi’s president for Asia Pacific and overseas marketing spoke to Screen at Hong Kong Filmart.
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Mirror feature ‘We 12’ lands distribution in the UK and Ireland (exclusive)
Trinity CineAsia has acquired UK and Ireland rights to We 12, the upcoming action comedy starring all 12 members of Cantopop boy band Mirror, in a deal with Hong Kong’s Makerville.